Look! It's me in the Local PaperMost local papers will print any old rubbish. Far, far too many years ago I got into the Windsor, Slough and Eton Express after winning a fancy-dressed-bicycle competition. What they neglected to mention was that I was the only entrant.
What sad stuff have you been in your local rag for doing? Scan stuff in and show us if you can.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Feb 2005, 10:15)
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Wigan Reveller.Sadly I won a competition in the local O'Neills pub for a weekend away for 2 in a Travel Lodge in Bolton (about 4 miles from Wigan and a very industrial town). Probably the most depressing prize ever given away.
This was during my student days when all I did was drink or work in O'Neills because my mates all worked there.
Any way the local paper got on the blower one morning for a quote and suggested "I'm glad I won the competion but I'm not looking forward to being away from O'Neills for the weekend because I'll miss the craic". I agreed because I was hung over.
I never did take the prize. And have been forever known as the the Wigan Reveller ever since the paper ran the story with the headline. Wigan Reveller wins weekend trip.
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Evil Bastardo, Thu 10 Feb 2005, 12:28,
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